Creating Video Assignments

• Log in to Brightspace, and go to your course site. 
• In the course navbar, select Course Content.

• Under the Table of Contents, select the content module where you want the video assignment to be located. (In the example below, ‘Week 1’ module has been selected.)

• In the selected module, click the Existing Activities button, and select Video Assignment from the drop-down menu.

• Next to the word ‘Create’, click the icon corresponding to the Individual Project.

• In the new window that opens, enter general assignment information:
  
  
  1. Assignment Name (required)
  2. Due Date and Due Time. This information will be added to the Brightspace course calendar for students to view.
  3. Evaluation Type. The available options are:
     • Percentage (default)
     • Auto Analysis
     • Peer Review
     • Rubric
     • Pass/Fail
     • Auto Pass
     • Five Star

For more information on each type of evaluation, please visit this Bongo resource.

• In the Instructions section, enter written instructions for the assignment (required). Optionally, you can also record video instructions by clicking the camera icon () in the middle of the video panel. These instructions will be visible to students when they open the assignment.

• Next, decide whether you want to apply Auto Analysis to the project. The Auto Analysis is a tool that automatically transcribes a student’s video submission and provides a report of key metrics on the student’s delivery (rate of speech, clarity of speech, and use of filler words and key terms). The list below is a summary of basic information about the Auto Analysis tool; for more details, please visit this Bongo resource:
  
  
  • The Auto Analysis is ON by default. You can turn it OFF if you do not wish to use it.
  • If Auto Analysis is used, only the instructor can view the report that is generated. However, you can make the report visible to students as well by checking off the appropriate box (see image below). Access to the report will allow students to reflect on their own performance, and decide if they wish to re-record the video or submit it as is.
  • If you want students to use certain Key Terms in their submissions, you can also enter them into the Auto Analysis tool. The tool will then scan for those terms and highlight them in the report.

• Decide whether you want to incorporate peer review into the assignment.
  • If you do, leave the Peer Review toggle ON (default) and enter the number of peer reviews to be completed on each student’s submission.
  • If you opt not to use peer review, switch the Peer Review toggle to the OFF position.

NOTE: Additional peer review settings are available. They are discussed under Advanced Settings (next tab).

• If you are finished creating your video assignment, click ‘Save’ at the bottom of the window. (If you wish to explore additional configurations, click ‘Show Advanced’ next to the ‘Save’ button, and refer to the Advanced Settings tab that follows.)

• The new assignment will now appear on the list of video assignments you have created in the course so far.

• Click the title of the video assignment you have just created, and it will be added to the content module.

In order to view additional settings available for an individual video project, click ‘Show Advanced’ next to the ‘Save’ button at the bottom of the assignment creation window. You will see four additional options.

1. Post-Submission Instructions. A second instructions field will appear immediately below the original instructions for the assignment. You can use this field to enter instructions that students will see after they submit their video assignment. Adding this content is optional.

2. Toolset. The toolset will appear just below ‘Instructions’. It contains three tools:
   • Video
   • Documents
   • Meetings

These three tools are enabled by default in every individual video assignment you create. This means that students submitting their project are able to: upload videos, upload files, and add links as part of their submission. Students can also schedule meetings with their peers and/or external participants, and these meetings can be recorded and submitted to the instructor (e.g., if the assignment involves conducting an interview).

Clicking ‘Show Advanced’ gives you the option to disable one or two of these tools if you wish (minimum one tool has to remain enabled). For example, if you want students to submit only a video, but no files or links, you can disable Documents and Meetings, and only leave Video enabled.

3. Peer review. If peer review is part of the video project, additional settings can be configured here. You will be prompted to determine the following:
   
   
   • Should reviewers be automatically assigned to each submission by the system, or should students be able to choose which submission(s) they want to review?
   • Should the peer review be completed prior to students submitting their videos for evaluation? This option would give students a chance to reflect on the feedback from peers and re-record their video if they wish.
   • Should the identity of the reviewer(s) be known to the student who submitted the video?
   • Should the identity of the student submitting the video be known to the reviewers?
   • How should reviewers present their feedback? (The options are a five-star rating system or a rubric created by the instructor.
   • Should the peer reviews be completed by a certain due date?

4. Rubric Self-Assessment. This option is turned OFF by default. It can be turned ON only if ‘Rubric’ or ‘Peer Review with Rubric’ is selected as the evaluation method for the assignment (see the ‘Basic Configurations‘ tab above). With the Rubric Self-Assessment option enabled, students will be able to assess their own performance using the attached rubric after they submit their project.

• After adjusting advanced settings for the individual video assignment, click Save.

• Log in to Brightspace, and go to your course site. 
• In the course navbar, select Course Content.

• Under the Table of Contents, select the content module where you want the video assignment to be located. (In the example below, ‘Week 1’ module has been selected.)

• In the selected module, click the Existing Activities button, and select Video Assignment from the drop-down menu.

• Next to the word ‘Create’, click the icon corresponding to the Group Project.

• In the new window that opens, enter general assignment information:
  
  
  1. Assignment Name (required)
  2. Due Date and Due Time. This information will be added to the Brightspace course calendar for students to view.
  3. Evaluation Type. The available options are:
     • Percentage (default)
     • Auto Analysis
     • Peer Review
     • Rubric
     • Pass/Fail
     • Auto Pass
     • Five Star

For more information on each type of evaluation, please visit this Bongo resource.

• In the Instructions section, enter written instructions for the assignment (required). Optionally, you can also record video instructions by clicking the camera icon () in the middle of the video panel. The instructions will be visible to students when they open the assignment.

• Next, decide whether you want to apply Auto Analysis to the project. The Auto Analysis is a tool that automatically transcribes a student’s video submission and provides a report of key metrics on the student’s delivery (rate of speech, clarity of speech, and use of filler words and key terms). The list below is a summary of basic information about the Auto Analysis tool; for more details, please visit this Bongo resource:
  
  
  • The Auto Analysis is ON by default. You can turn it OFF if you do not wish to use it.
  • If Auto Analysis is used, only the instructor can view the report that is generated. However, you can make the report visible to students as well by checking off the appropriate box (see image below). Access to the report will allow students to reflect on their own performance, and decide if they wish to re-record the video or submit it as is.
  • If you want students to use certain Key Terms in their submissions, you can also enter them into the Auto Analysis tool. The tool will then scan for those terms and highlight them in the report.

• Under Group Options, decide how groups for the assignment should be created. The options are:
  1. You can add students to groups manually.
  2. Students can select their own groups. If they do not select a group by a certain date, the instructor can manually place them into groups.
  3. Students can be randomly assigned to groups by the system.

If you selected option 2 or 3, you will be prompted to determine the maximum number of students in each group. Enter that number under ‘Group Count‘.

NOTE: Regardless of the option selected at this stage, instructors are able to change group assignments at any time.

NOTE: Before students can be assigned to groups, they need to first access the Bongo interface by clicking on the video assignment link in Brightspace. Until they do so, they will not appear on the list of students available for group assignment.

• By default, Team Evaluation is set to ‘Disabled’. If you want students within each group to evaluate each other, click the downward arrow to open the menu, and select one of two available evaluation methods:
  • Five-Star
  • Rubric

NOTE: Team evaluations are anonymous. Each group member will only see the average score they were given by the other members of their team. Instructors may take the score into account when deciding on the final grade for each student.

• Decide whether you want to incorporate peer review into the assignment.
  • If you do, leave the Peer Review toggle ON (default) and enter the number of peer reviews to be completed on each student’s submission.
  • If you opt not to use peer review, switch the Peer Review toggle to the OFF position.

NOTE: Additional peer review settings are available. They are discussed under Advanced Settings (next tab).

• If you are finished creating your video assignment, click ‘Save’ at the bottom of the window. (If you wish to explore additional configurations, click ‘Show Advanced’ next to the ‘Save’ button, and refer to the Advanced Settings tab that follows.)

• The new assignment will now appear on the list of video assignments you have created in the course so far.

• Click the title of the video assignment you have just created, and it will be added to the content module.

In order to view additional settings available for a group video project, click ‘Show Advanced’ next to the ‘Save’ button at the bottom of the assignment creation window. You will see four additional options.

1. Post-Submission Instructions. A second instructions field will appear immediately below the original instructions for the assignment. You can use this field to enter instructions that students will see after they submit their video assignment. Adding this content is optional.

2. Toolset. The toolset will appear just below ‘Instructions’. It contains three tools:
   • Video
   • Documents
   • Meetings

These three tools are enabled by default in every group video project you create. This means that students submitting their project are able to: upload videos, upload files, and add links as part of their submission. Students can also schedule meetings with their peers and/or external participants, and these meetings can be recorded and submitted to the instructor (e.g., if the assignment involves conducting an interview).

Clicking ‘Show Advanced’ gives you the option to disable one or two of these tools if you wish (minimum one tool has to remain enabled). For example, if you want students to submit only a video, but no files or links, you can disable Documents and Meetings, and only leave Video enabled.

3. Peer review. If peer review is part of the video project, additional settings can be configured here. You will be prompted to determine the following:
   
   
   • Should reviewers be automatically assigned to each submission by the system, or should students be able to choose which submission(s) they want to review?
   • Should the peer review be completed prior to students submitting their videos for evaluation? This option would give students a chance to reflect on the feedback from peers and re-record their video if they wish.
   • Should the identity of the reviewer(s) be known to the student who submitted the video?
   • Should the identity of the student submitting the video be known to the reviewers?
   • How should reviewers present their feedback? (The options are a five-star rating system or a rubric created by the instructor.
   • Should the peer reviews be completed by a certain due date?

4. Rubric Self-Assessment – This option is turned OFF by default. It can be turned ON only if ‘Rubric’ or ‘Peer Review with Rubric’ is selected as the evaluation method for the assignment (see the ‘Basic Configurations‘ tab above). With the Rubric Self-Assessment option enabled, students will be able to assess their own performance using the attached rubric after they submit their project.

• After adjusting advanced settings for the group video assignment, click Save.

• Log in to Brightspace, and go to your course site. 
• In the course navbar, select Course Content.

• Under the Table of Contents, select the content module where you want the video assignment to be located. (In the example below, ‘Week 1’ module has been selected.)

• In the selected module, click the Existing Activities button, and select Video Assignment from the drop-down menu.

• Next to the word ‘Create’, click the icon corresponding to the Question-and-Answer project.

• In the new window that opens, enter general assignment information:
  
  
  1. Assignment Name (required)
  2. Due Date and Due Time. This information will be added to the Brightspace course calendar for students to view.
  3. Evaluation Type. The available options are:
     • Percentage (default)
     • Auto Analysis
     • Peer Review
     • Rubric
     • Pass/Fail
     • Auto Pass
     • Five Star

For more information on each type of evaluation, please visit this Bongo resource.

• In the Instructions section, enter written instructions for the assignment (required). Optionally, you can also record video instructions by clicking the camera icon () in the middle of the video panel. The instructions will be visible to students when they open the assignment.

• In the ‘Questions’ section, click the Add Question button. Type your question in the text field (required), and optionally record it as a short video.

• Continue adding questions up to a maximum of 20.
• Once you finish adding your questions, you can make the following changes:
  • You can reorder them by clicking the hamburger icon next to a question and dragging it to a different location
  • You can delete a question by clicking the trash can icon next to it.
  • If you choose not to use a particular question, you can deactivate it by clicking the ON/OFF toggle.

• In the ‘Answer Settings’ section, adjust the recording mode and timing for student responses:
  1. Microphone. This option is automatically enabled and cannot be changed.
  2. Camera. Select this option if you want students to use their camera for every answer. This option can be combined with Screenshare.
  3. Screenshare. Select this option if you want students to record their screen for every answer. This option can be combined with Camera.

NOTE: If Camera + Screenshare are selected, students will be required to record their screen in addition to their camera for every answer. Thus, they will need to use a device that supports screen recording or the assignment.

4. Recording Start Delay. Determine how many seconds should pass between the time the question ends and the recording of the answer begins. The delay allows students to gather their thoughts before answering the question.
5. Minimum Recording Time
6. Maximum Recording Time (unlimited)

• Decide whether you want to incorporate peer review into the assignment.
  • If you do, leave the Peer Review toggle ON (default) and enter the number of peer reviews to be completed on each student’s submission.
  • If you opt not to use peer review, switch the Peer Review toggle to the OFF position.

NOTE: Additional peer review settings are available. They are discussed under Advanced Settings (next tab).

• If you are finished creating your video assignment, click ‘Save’ at the bottom of the window. (If you wish to explore additional configurations, click ‘Show Advanced’ next to the ‘Save’ button, and refer to the Advanced Settings tab that follows.)

• The new assignment will now appear on the list video assignments you have created in the course so far.

• Click the title of the video assignment you have just created, and it will be added to the content module.

In order to view additional settings available for a question-and-answer video project, click ‘Show Advanced’ next to the ‘Save’ button at the bottom of the assignment creation window. You will see three additional options.

1. Post-Submission Instructions. A second instructions field will appear immediately below the original instructions for the assignment. You can use this field to enter instructions that students will see after they submit their video assignment. Adding this content is optional.

2. Peer review. If peer review is part of the video project, additional settings can be configured here. You will be prompted to determine the following:
   
   
   • Should reviewers be automatically assigned to each submission by the system, or should students be able to choose which submission(s) they want to review?
   • Should the peer review be completed prior to students submitting their videos for evaluation? This option would give students a chance to reflect on the feedback from peers and re-record their video if they wish.
   • Should the identity of the reviewer(s) be known to the student who submitted the video?
   • Should the identity of the student submitting the video be known to the reviewers?
   • How should reviewers present their feedback? (The options are a five-star rating system or a rubric created by the instructor.
   • Should the peer reviews be completed by a certain due date?

3. Rubric Self-Assessment. This option is turned OFF by default. It can be turned ON only if ‘Rubric’ or ‘Peer Review with Rubric’ is selected as the evaluation method for the assignment (see the ‘Basic Configurations‘ tab above). With the Rubric Self-Assessment option enabled, students will be able to assess their own performance using the attached rubric after they submit their project.

• After adjusting advanced settings for the question-and-answer video project, click Save.

• Log in to Brightspace, and go to your course site. 
• In the course navbar, select Course Content.

• Under the Table of Contents, select the content module where you want the video assignment to be located. (In the example below, ‘Week 1’ module has been selected.)

• In the selected module, click the Existing Activities button, and select Video Assignment from the drop-down menu.

• Next to the word ‘Create’, click the icon corresponding to the Interactive Video.

• In the new window that opens, enter general assignment information:
  
  
  1. Assignment Name (required)
  2. Due Date and Due Time. This information will be added to the Brightspace course calendar for students to view.
  3. Evaluation Type. The available options are:
     • Percentage (default)
     • Auto Analysis
     • Peer Review
     • Rubric
     • Pass/Fail
     • Auto Pass
     • Five Star

For more information on each type of evaluation, please visit this Bongo resource.

• In the Instructions section, enter written instructions for the assignment (required). Optionally, you can also record video instructions by clicking the camera icon () in the middle of the video panel. The instructions will be visible to students when they open the assignment.

• In the Interactive Video section, click the camera icon () in the centre of the video panel.

• You will be prompted to either record a video for the assignment, upload one from your computer, or select one from the existing Bongo recordings.

• Once you add the video, you can preview it and decide if you wish to keep it or rerecord.

• Once you are satisfied with your video, click the Create Question button to start adding prompts to it. (You can create up to 20 questions per assignment.)

• You can create two types of questions in an interactive video assignment: Multiple Choice and Video Response. In the latter, students have to record themselves answering the question.

NOTE: It is not possible to limit the amount of time students have to answer questions in an interactive video assignment. By design, they have an unlimited amount of time to answer Multiple Choice questions. For Video Responses, students have an unlimited amount of time to prepare a response, and 120 minutes to record it. Therefore, this assignment type is not recommended for high-stakes evaluations.

If you select Multiple Choice, you will be prompted to enter the following information:

• question text
• answer choices
• the correct answer, and
• the time in the recording when the prompt should appear.
• Optionally, you can also enter Feedback Text – the text that will appear when a student a particular answer. For example, if the selected answer is incorrect, the ‘Feedback Text’ may contain an explanation why this choice is incorrect.

When finished, click OK.

If you select Video Response, you will be prompted to enter:

• question text, and
• the time in the recording when the prompt should appear.

When finished, click OK.

• Enter the point value/grade weight for each question. The total must equal 100%.

NOTE: If you are using a combination of multiple choice questions and video responses, you will only be able to determine the grade weight of multiple choice questions. The weight of the video responses will be automatically calculated based on the weight of the multiple choice questions.

• Next, decide whether you want to incorporate peer review into the assignment.
  • If you do, leave the Peer Review toggle ON (default) and enter the number of peer reviews to be completed on each student’s submission.
  • If you opt not to use peer review, switch the Peer Review toggle to the OFF position.

NOTE: Peer review is only available for if Video Response questions are used in the interactive video assignment.

NOTE: Additional peer review settings are available. They are discussed under Advanced Settings (next tab).

• If you are finished creating your video assignment, click ‘Save’ at the bottom of the window. (If you wish to explore additional configurations, click ‘Show Advanced’ next to the ‘Save’ button, and refer to the Advanced Settings tab that follows.)

• The new assignment will now appear on the list video assignments you created in the course so far.

• Click the title of the video assignment you have just created, and it will be added to the content module.

In order to view additional settings available for an interactive video project, click ‘Show Advanced’ next to the ‘Save’ button at the bottom of the assignment creation window. You will see three additional options.

1. Post-Submission Instructions. A second instructions field will appear immediately below the original instructions for the assignment. You can use this field to enter instructions that students will see after they submit their video assignment. Adding this content is optional.

2. Peer review. If peer review is part of the video project, additional settings can be configured here. You will be prompted to determine the following:
   
   
   • Should reviewers be automatically assigned to each submission by the system, or should students be able to choose which submission(s) they want to review?
   • Should the peer review be completed prior to students submitting their videos for evaluation? This option would give students a chance to reflect on the feedback from peers and re-record their video if they wish.
   • Should the identity of the reviewer(s) be known to the student who submitted the video?
   • Should the identity of the student submitting the video be known to the reviewers?
   • How should reviewers present their feedback? (The options are a five-star rating system or a rubric created by the instructor.
   • Should the peer reviews be completed by a certain due date?

3. Rubric Self-Assessment. This option is turned OFF by default. It can be turned ON only if ‘Rubric’ or ‘Peer Review with Rubric’ is selected as the evaluation method for the assignment (see the ‘Basic Configurations‘ tab above). With the Rubric Self-Assessment option enabled, students will be able to assess their own performance using the attached rubric after they submit their project.

4. Restricted Submission Summary Details. This option is only available when multiple choice questions are used. This option is toggled OFF by default. If you switch the toggle to the ON position, students who submit their video will not see the questions or answer(s) in their submission summary.

• After adjusting advanced settings for the interactive video assignment, click Save.